The city declared a local state of emergency on Monday to allow emergency crews to access private properties.

The new, three-year offer comes after contract talks have broken off and the B.C. General Employees' Union says it's making strike plans.

The Fur-Bearers named the city to a list of "deadliest communities" for black bears after data showed conservation officers put down 16 bears in the area last year.

DriveBC is reporting the highway is blocked at Little River Road near Sorrento, about 65 km east of Kamloops.

More than 60 per cent of chiefs and proxies rejected the resolution at the AFN's annual general assembly, which proposed her suspension with pay continue.